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Chapter 272 Necessary for Time Travel—Making a Steam Engine ()

Han Dynasty.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che saw the video on the canopy, he asked the craftsmen to make the steam engine on the canopy.

It's just that after waiting for a long time, he has not yet waited for the success of the steam engine.

So he came to the craftsman's workshop and watched the steam engines being made one after another and then scrapped. Only then did Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, realize the difficulty of making steam engines.

But thinking about the role of steam engines, how could Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty give up so easily?

And if a steam engine is truly produced, traveling to and from the distant Western Regions will become more convenient!

At that time, whether it is the generals of the imperial court leading troops to fight, or the caravans traveling to the Western Regions for commercial exchanges, the new territories in the Western Regions will be completely integrated into the Han Dynasty.

It’s just that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che understood that even if he completed the production of the steam engine, he had only completed the first step.

After all, making trains also requires making tracks, and those tracks require a lot of steel.

All of this requires a lot of money.

But as a generation overlord, how could he be willing to let the newly acquired territory go beyond his control?

He could only discuss with those ministers how to obtain a large amount of wealth to support the manufacturing of steam engines and the construction of railways.

After the officials of the Han Dynasty heard the words of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, they were very silent in their hearts.

Since your Majesty's registration, he has taken various measures to make the entire Han Dynasty richer.

Then he began to fight against the Huns, so that the people of the Han Dynasty would no longer be bullied by the Huns.

They heartily agreed with these measures, but this time they were somewhat opposed to the manufacture of steam engines and the construction of railways.

In the opinion of these ministers, too much iron was used to build the railway, which was completely beyond the capacity of the Han Dynasty.

If you're not careful, you might cause a powerful man to collapse?

However, in the face of His Majesty's ambitions, they had to compromise and let His Majesty build a railway from Chang'an City to Xianyang on an experimental basis.

They want His Majesty to know how difficult it will be to build such a railway and how much it will cost the country.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che got this result, he felt slightly disappointed. After all, what he expected was to build directly to the Western Regions, rather than the short distance from Chang'an City to Xianyang.

But he had no choice. After all, the Han Dynasty and the Western Region were still at war, and the imperial court's finances were not generous.

However, after the news of the imperial court's construction of the railway spread to the people, countless businessmen began to go crazy, and they were keenly aware of the benefits.

Some merchants began to invest heavily in the manufacture of steam engines. They expected that the steam engines they manufactured could be put into use earlier than the court.

In this way, by that time, the imperial court might adopt their steam engines.

And some merchants began to buy large amounts of ore and smelt steel in blast furnaces.

After all, they already knew on the sky screen that the railway would require a lot of steel.

Some businesses even began to speculate on steel, but they were faced with the iron fist of the imperial court.

Facing the iron fist of the imperial court, all businesses began to slowly stop speculating on steel. They were actively developing all equipment for railway construction, hoping that they could get a bite of meat in the construction of railways.

After Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, knew the news, he sighed secretly in his heart and realized that one bite cannot make a fat man.

Regarding the construction of the railway to the Western Regions, it can only be built bit by bit, and there is no objection.

At the same time, we also understand the country's ability to bear it, as that will only cause the country to collapse. The only thing that comforted him was that as the news spread that the court was going to build a railway, countless merchants began to hire people, giving the people more choices, and these merchants could also bring a lot of tax revenue to the court.

After the craftsmen of the imperial court heard the news, they became anxious.

If the production of steam engines is really outperformed by private teams, they will face unfavorable results.

Although your majesty attaches great importance to them now and will not kill them, it will be a lifelong shame for them.

In order to prevent this from happening, they applied for a large amount of property from the court and accelerated the development of steam engines.

Three Kingdoms period.

Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan watched the video on the sky screen, and they fell into deep thought.

Their era was an era when various forces were fighting against each other. Countless people were recruited to become soldiers, leaving the entire country with a shortage of labor force.

If they had such a machine in their time, it would allow a lot of uncultivated fields to be planted with food.

This will not only greatly increase the strength of the country and make the people have no food to eat, but also make the people of the world return to their hearts.

And not only that, when they saw the various machines made using steam engines on the canopy, they felt an even more urgent need for this kind of power device.

If after they make a steam engine, they can also make various machines using the steam engine, then they will greatly enhance their strength.

When the time comes to unify the country, it will be even more effortless for you.

Sui Dynasty.

Yang Guang looked at the steam engine on the sky, and he felt very happy.

He had already seen various machines of later generations from the sky, and at that time he was filled with envy.

It's just that he doesn't know how to make that kind of machinery, and there is no video about making such a machine on the sky screen, so he can only stay stranded until now.

Now that there is a video on how to make it on the marquee, how can he not let those craftsmen make it?

After all, he is a person who wants to do all kinds of great projects, so how can he do without these machines?

And he wanted to attack Goguryeo, and he needed such a machine to help him.

He issued an imperial edict to the craftsmen and asked them to complete the manufacture of various machines.

After the craftsmen received the imperial edict, they sighed deeply.

As skilled people, they only understood the gap between themselves and future generations after watching the entire video.

They all understand the principles in the video, but making this kind of machine is not that simple.

You know, pulling trains and other various devices, which one does not have huge power? How could their steel at this time be able to withstand it.

But His Majesty must have made an imperial edict now. If they don't fulfill the order, I'm afraid they will end up like the previous craftsmen who died miserably in the workshop!

As for resistance, they looked at the soldiers around the workshop and they gave up from the bottom of their hearts!

After all, they are just craftsmen and have no strength to resist the soldiers holding weapons.

At that time, I'm afraid there will still be one result, that is, death from the weapons of those soldiers.

(End of this chapter)